Leading in Living Color: The Legacy and Impact of the Women of Color in Advocacy and Tech Reception at Tech Summit

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Leading in Living Color: The Legacy and Impact of the Women of Color in Advocacy and Tech Reception at Tech Summit

The Women of Color in Advocacy and Tech Reception was born from a deep need for community and connection amongst Black women and Women of Color. It was because of this need nine years ago, Kristelyn Berry and Rachel Gibson created this space at the National Network to End Domestic Violence’s (NNEDV) 4th annual Tech Summit after experiencing numerous environments where as Black women, they rarely saw other Women of Color or women who looked like them.

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Tech Summit 2024

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Tech Summit 2024

Last week, we welcomed almost 300 people to Safety Net’s Tech Summit 2024 in Washington, DC. Registrants overcame weather-related travel difficulties to attend, and we are grateful for everyone’s commitment to being in this space and doing this work. For three days (four for state and territorial coalition staff who attended Coalition Day), we laughed, strategized, and built new ways to think and talk about how privacy and tech safety impact the lives of survivors of abuse and harassment.

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NNEDV Joins New National Partnership to Address Image-Based Abuse

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The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is excited to be a partner in a new working group that will focus on addressing image-based abuse. The partnership, led by NNEDV’s Safety Net Project, the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), will bring together victim service advocates, privacy experts, and technology companies to curb the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images and the rapid growth of AI-generated content (also known as synthetic images, digital sexual forgeries, or deepfakes).

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